The tens of thousands of children pouring into the United States illegally from Mexico has placed a new face on the issue of illegal immigration. And, of course, it is easier to sympathize with the plight of children, easier to sympathize when the face is children than when it is adults.
How do you turn children around and tell them to return to their own country? The response of many is that you don't. Rather, you welcome them, you house them, and you help them. If their parents are here, you get them to their parents. Why ever should there be a law, in the first place, that keeps children from being here with their parents? If you are going to deport the parents -- if you feel you must -- then deport them. But, until you do, let the children be here with them (and leave with them).
As for the bill, as for the $2 billion the Obama Administration is asking to take care of these child immigrants, let it be financed through private charity. I have trouble thinking people would not rally to save the children if a charity were to step forth and ask for contributions.
More than 70,000 children have been apprehended in the past eight or nine months? Save them. Help them. Bless them.
I read (briefly) an article that said the Catholic Church was providing services.
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DeleteThe Dallas Morning News reported on a few shelters opening, noting Catholic Charities is among the private charities involved. The article said about 100 shelters are under contract with the federal government, which makes me wonder if the charities are getting funding from the government to run the shelters.
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